Disk Record Patents (Class 360/97.11)
  • Patent number: 11250979
    Abstract: A permanent magnet comprising an antiferromagnetic layer and a ferromagnetic layer having a first sub-layer made of a first type of ferromagnetic material, the first type of ferromagnetic material being an at least partially crystallized alloy of iron and cobalt, and a second sub-layer made of a second type of ferromagnetic material, this second type of ferromagnetic material also being an alloy of iron and cobalt in which the proportion of face-centered cubic crystals is less than the proportion of face-centered cubic crystals in the first type of ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Rachid Hida, Bertrand Delaet, Sophie Giroud
  • Patent number: 11081133
    Abstract: A glass for magnetic recording medium substrate is an amorphous oxide glass. In terms of mol %, SiO2 content ranges from 45 to 68%, Al2O3 from 5 to 20%, total content of SiO2 and Al2O3 60 to 80%, B2O3 from 0 to 5%, MgO from 3 to 28%, CaO from 0 to 18%, total content of BaO and SrO 0 to 2%, total content of alkali earth metal oxides from 12 to 30%, total content of alkali metal oxides from 3.5 to 15%, and at least one kind selected from the group made of Sn oxide and Ce oxide being included, a total content of Sn oxide and Ce oxide ranges from 0.05 to 2.00%, a glass transition temperature ?625° C., a Young's modulus ?83 GPa, a specific gravity ?2.85, and an average linear expansion coefficient at 100 to 300° C.?48×10?7/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Kazuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10312634
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device card socket capable of preventing the breakage of a hinge and preventing noise (static), which is caused by movement between respective parts, in the tray-type card socket. The electronic device card socket according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a socket housing, a socket cover, an ejecting hinge part, and ejecting bar, and a movement preventing means. The socket housing has a space into which a tray equipped with a card is inserted. The socket cover is provided at the upper part of the socket housing. The ejecting hinge part is rotatably hinge-coupled to one side of the socket housing so as to push the tray forward and separate the same when the ejecting hinge part rotates. The ejecting bar is provided at the other side of the socket housing so as to move in the forward and backward directions, and is connected to the ejecting hinge part so as to rotate the ejecting hinge part when the ejecting bar moves forward and backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Eun Guk Kim, In Chull Yang, Jeong Yong Park
  • Patent number: 10311907
    Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus, including a magnetically soft underlayer (SUL); an interlayer stack overlying the SUL, wherein the interlayer stack comprises a seed layer of an fcc material; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer overlying the interlayer stack, wherein a thickness of the SUL in combination with a distance of the SUL from the perpendicular recording layer is sufficient to orient a total magnetic field corresponding to a magnetic transducer head at an angle of about 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas P. Nolan, Li Tang, Yong-Chang Feng, Zhong (Stella) Wu, Samuel D. Harkness, Hans J. Richter, Youfeng Zheng
  • Patent number: 9934797
    Abstract: A base multilayer body is made by laminating a seed layer and a buffer layer in respective order. The seed layer is an alloy layer containing tantalum (Ta) and at least one type of other metal, and having an amorphous structure or a microcrystal structure. The buffer layer is an alloy layer having a [001] plane orientation hexagonal close-packed structure and containing at least one type of a group VI metal and at least one type of a group IX metal in the periodic table. With this configuration, a magnetic layer providing a desired magnetic characteristic(s) can be laminated on the thinned base multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Takahashi, Tetsuya Roppongi, Yoshikazu Soeno
  • Patent number: 9851765
    Abstract: A data storage enclosure can have one or more data storage devices positioned in an enclosure slot having one or more stops. A data storage device can be attached to a rail having a rail width and having first and second protrusions offset from one another. The first and second protrusions may each have protrusion widths that are less than the rail width with the second protrusion shaped to provide a positive stop that retains the rail in an enclosure slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Schroeder, Kevin Van Pelt, Charles P. Morris
  • Patent number: 9806566
    Abstract: A brushless motor comprising: a rotor; a stator core disposed at a radial direction outside of the rotor, and a stator case. The stator core includes an outer ring shaped section, teeth sections projecting out from the outer ring shaped section toward a radial direction inside, and an inner ring shaped section extending from end portions of the teeth sections. Protruding portions are formed at the outer ring shaped section so as to project toward a radial direction outside and so as to be disposed at even intervals around a circumferential direction of the outer ring shaped section. The stator case is integrated together with the stator core by a plurality of plastic deformation portions formed at an outer peripheral portion of the stator case at locations facing towards the protruding portions, and the plastic deformation portions are disposed at even intervals along a circumferential direction of the stator case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nagao, Satoru Suzuki, Takashi Nagaya, Yoshihiro Adachi, Yukihide Ishino, Yoshitsugu Nakagawa, Masaru Irie, Toshihiro Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9653105
    Abstract: A method of forming a uniform thickness layer of a selected material on a surface of a substrate comprises steps of: (a) providing a multi-stage cathode sputtering apparatus comprising a group of spaced-apart cathode/target assemblies and a means for transporting at least one substrate/workpiece past each cathode/target assembly, each cathode/target assembly comprising a sputtering surface oriented substantially parallel to the first surface of the substrate during transport past the group of cathode/target assemblies, the group of cathode/target assemblies adapted for providing different angular sputtered film thickness profiles; and (b) transporting the substrate past each cathode/target assembly while providing different sputtered film thickness profiles from at least some of the cathode/target assemblies, such that a plurality of sub-layers is deposited on the surface of the substrate/workpiece which collectively form a uniform thickness layer of the selected material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Rajiv Y Ranjan, Jeffrey S Reiter, Thomas P Nolan
  • Patent number: 9548074
    Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium adapted for high recording density and high data recording rate comprises a non-magnetic substrate having at least one surface with a layer stack formed thereon, the layer stack including a perpendicular recording layer containing a plurality of columnar-shaped magnetic grains extending perpendicularly to the substrate surface for a length, with a first end distal the surface and a second end proximal the surface, wherein each of the magnetic grains has: (1) a gradient of perpendicular magnetic coercivity Hk extending along its length between the first end and second ends; and (2) predetermined local exchange coupling strengths along the length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Shaoping Li, Kaizhong Gao, Lei Wang, Wenzhong Zhu, Xiaobin Wang
  • Patent number: 9293161
    Abstract: An iron-oxidized hard disk drive (HDD) cover has an inner surface that is substantially free of un-oxidized or pure metallic iron, fabricated by baking a stainless steel cover and thereby oxidizing the cover surface of iron. Because the cover is iron-oxidized, a costly nickel-plating process may be foregone while a “Fe smear” problem may be significantly reduced. Such an iron-oxidized cover is especially beneficial for, though not limited to, use as an inner cover in a sealed HDD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Yuki Taniguchi, Kazushi Tsuwako, Koichi Suzuki, Masahiko Tamura
  • Patent number: 9274651
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in helping to track a pointing device is disclosed herein. An example of the apparatus includes an orientation member coupled to the pointing device that includes a plurality of points at least some of which define a plane. The apparatus also includes a sensor to detect the plurality of points of the orientation member and a processor to determine a location in a workspace of each of the points of the orientation member detected by the sensor. The processor also determines a geometric property of the plane defined by at least some of the points of the orientation member and locates a position of an end of the pointing device along a line segment associated with the geometric property. A method for use in helping to track a pointing device in a workspace and a non-volatile storage medium are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Vijaykumar Nayak
  • Patent number: 9190108
    Abstract: A cleaning head for removing contaminants from a data storage media, the cleaning head having a cleaning surface comprising a self-assembled monolayer, with the cleaning surface leading a read/write transducer. The self-assembled monolayer is selected so as to have a terminal functional group that has a high affinity to the contaminant(s) desired to be attracted and/or removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Engelkes, David J. Ellison, Timothy W. Stoebe
  • Patent number: 8908318
    Abstract: There is provided a base plate including: a base body; and a component receiving part penetrating through the base body so as to receive a circuit component mounted on a substrate therein at the time of coupling the substrate and the base body, wherein the component receiving part includes a step part formed in an outer edge thereof so that a sealing member is seated on the step part to seal the component receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 8848311
    Abstract: An article and method for degrading volatile organic compounds in an electronic enclosure is disclosed. The method comprises providing a substrate, such as a scrim material, and applying a catalyst to the substrate. The catalyst typically includes a base metal. The substrate and catalyst material are placed into a disk drive (or other electronic) enclosure where they help in degradation of organic compounds, in particular volatile organic compounds. In certain implementations the base metal is selected from the group of manganese, vanadium, nickel, copper, cobalt, chromium, iron, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley B. Miller, III
  • Publication number: 20140268410
    Abstract: A temperature sensor of a head transducer measures temperature near or at the close point. The measured temperature varies in response to changes in spacing between the head transducer and a magnetic recording medium. A detector is coupled to the temperature sensor and is configured to detect a change in a DC component of the measured temperature indicative of onset of contact between the head transducer and the medium. Another head transducer configuration includes a sensor having a sensing element with a high temperature coefficient of resistance to interact with asperities of the medium. Electrically conductive leads are connected to the sensing element and have a low temperature coefficient of resistance relative to that of the sensing element, such thermally induced resistance changes in the leads have a negligible effect on a response of the sensing element to contact with the asperities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gary Joseph Kunkel, Huazhou Lou, Declan Macken, Timothy William Stoebe
  • Publication number: 20140211340
    Abstract: To realize a highly reliable magnetic head for a high-frequency magnetic field assisted recording system by preventing current crowding in an oscillator and increasing the current resistance of the oscillator. Between a main pole that generates a recording magnetic field and a trailing shield, an oscillator that includes a non-magnetic metal layer, a spin injection pinned layer, an intermediate layer, and a high-frequency magnetic field generation layer and that generates a high-frequency magnetic field is disposed. The non-magnetic metal layer adjacent to the main pole is tapered with the width gradually increasing from the trailing side toward the leading side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji SUGIURA, Yo SATO, Masukazu IGARASHI, Katsuro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8792204
    Abstract: A base plate of a disk drive apparatus includes a motor base disposed around a central axis and a base body portion extending radially outward of the motor base. The motor base is made of a metallic material of a first type. The base body portion is made of a metallic material of a second type. Thus, the axial thickness of a portion of the base plate close to the central axis can be significantly reduced and a reduction in the stiffness of the portion can be prevented. Further, the motor base includes a flange portion and a plastic deforming portion. The flange portion and the plastic deforming portion are respectively in contact with at least a portion of both axial end surfaces of an inner end portion of the base body portion. Thus, extraction of the motor base in the axial direction is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Tatsumi, Takashi Fujiwara, Takayuki Ishino, Kiyofumi Inoue, Akihiro Yudate
  • Publication number: 20140198409
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a lubricating layer for providing lubrication to a magnetic recording medium includes a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) represented by: X—CF2CF2O(C3F6O)mCF2CF2—X, wherein m is in a range from 4 to 8 on average, and wherein X is This lubricating layer may be used in a magnetic disk, which includes a recording layer positioned above a nonmagnetic substrate, a protective film layer positioned above the recording layer, and the lubricating layer positioned above the protective film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ooeda, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Sukefumi Ito, Yoko Saito
  • Patent number: 8773814
    Abstract: Approaches to use of a squeeze air bearing for supporting and/or rotating the disks in a hard-disk drive. The squeeze bearing, whose effect is based on relative normal motion between two surfaces, is arranged adjacent to the rim of the disk to provide a bearing force at the disk rim. The squeeze bearing comprises multiple cantilevered arms with one end fixed to a support ring assembly and the other end having one or more vibrational element which, when vibrating, provides the bearing force. At least one of the vibrational elements is configured at an angle to the disk rim and which, when vibrating, provides a tangential force to rotate the disk for HDD operational purposes. Therefore, such a squeeze bearing provides an integrated solution for bearing and rotating the disk(s) of an HDD, thereby eliminating the need for a liquid-based disk spindle motor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Ferdinand Hendriks
  • Publication number: 20140168814
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a load beam, a base plate fixed to a proximal-end portion of the load beam, a flexure attached to the load beam and the base plate, a gimbal portion formed of a distal-end portion of the flexure positioned on a distal-end portion of the load beam, a magnetic head attached to the gimbal portion, and electrically connected to the traces of the flexure, a concave portion formed in the gimbal portion, and concaved toward the thin metallic plate side, and a piezoelectric element arranged in the concave portion, fixed on a bottom of the concave portion, and configured to expand/contract in a longitudinal direction of the flexure by application of a voltage thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masaya Kudo
  • Patent number: 8755144
    Abstract: A base for a motor, the base including: a base body formed by performing press processing on a steel plate, a base material; an outer wall part defining an outer edge of the base body and formed by being bent from an end portion of the base body; and at least one weight reducing part formed by removing a predetermined region of the outer wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8717705
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a facing surface configured to face a recording medium, a main magnetic pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to a recording layer of the recording medium, and a high-frequency oscillator disposed near to a trailing side of the main magnetic pole and configured to apply a high-frequency magnetic field to the recording layer. An angle defined between a recording magnetic field applied from the main magnetic pole to the recording medium and the facing surface is 0 to 85° in a region between a trailing side end of the main magnetic pole and a trailing side end of the high-frequency oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yamada, Naoyuki Narita, Katsuhiko Koui, Akihiko Takeo
  • Publication number: 20140085748
    Abstract: A device according to one embodiment includes a substrate; and a plurality of thin films above the substrate, the thin films having at least one dielectric layer; wherein the at least one dielectric layer has a more crystalline structure towards a first end thereof than towards an end thereof opposite the first end. A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes a substrate; and a plurality of thin films above the substrate, the thin films having at least one transducer formed therein and at least one dielectric layer; wherein the at least one dielectric layer has a more crystalline structure towards a media facing end thereof than towards an end thereof opposite the media facing end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert G. Biskeborn, Calvin S. Lo
  • Publication number: 20140022668
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a magnetoresistive element between a first magnetic shield layer and a second magnetic shield layer, and a hard bias layer between the first magnetic shield layer and the second magnetic shield layer on a side surface of the magnetoresistive element in a first direction intersecting with a second direction which links the first and second magnetic shield layers. The hard bias layer includes Fe or an alloy containing Fe and Co. An aspect ratio (h/w) of the hard bias layer is not smaller than 2, where h is a height of the hard bias layer in the first direction and w is a thickness of the hard bias layer in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masayuki TAKAGISHI, Susumu HASHIMOTO, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 8630060
    Abstract: A heat enabled magnetic media having a composite magnetic recording layer structure that includes first and second magnetic layers and an exchange coupling layer sandwiched between the first and second magnetic layers. The exchange coupling layer has a reduced Curie temperature that allows the magnetic layers to become decoupled a lower temperature. This reduced Curie temperature can be achieved the addition of an alloying element such as Ni or Cu into the exchange coupling layer. Therefore, the exchange coupling layer can be constructed of an alloy such as FePtNi FePtCu, and the magnetic layers can be constructed of a material such as FePt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Oleksandr Mosendz, Hans J. Richter
  • Patent number: 8599513
    Abstract: A bearing mechanism includes a shaft portion, a sleeve portion, and an opposing portion including a surface arranged opposite to an end surface of the sleeve portion on one of upper and lower sides with a thrust gap defined therebetween. The thrust gap includes a thrust dynamic pressure bearing portion defined therein. The sleeve portion includes a sleeve body and a thrust plate fixed to an end portion of the sleeve body on the one of the upper and lower sides. The sleeve body includes an annular surface arranged opposite to the thrust plate, and an annular body projecting portion arranged to project in an axial direction inside of the annular surface. An outer circumferential surface of the body projecting portion and an inner circumferential surface of the thrust plate are arranged to be in direct or indirect contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kimura, Akinobu Sumiji, Kunio Sakurada, Daisuke Fukuoka, Akihisa Moriguchi
  • Publication number: 20130265672
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a perpendicular pole head for creating a perpendicular magnetic moment in a concentrated pattern for writing the pattern on perpendicular magnetic media, such as BaFe based media. The pole head can have flux concentrators in the shape of the written pattern, which can be repeatedly applied to a moving magnetic medium to create a timing pattern on the media, e.g., a servo timing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas W. Johnson, Larold Olson, Yung Yip, Stephen J. Rothermel
  • Patent number: 8493685
    Abstract: There is provided a base assembly for a motor, the base assembly including: a base body having a disk disposed thereon; an outer wall part defining an outer side of the base body; one or more ribs depressed from one surface of the base body and protruded toward the other surface thereof to thereby improve rigidity of the base body; and one or more blocking parts provided in the ribs to thereby block abnormal air flow due to the ribs at a time of rotation of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8477449
    Abstract: There is provided a base for a motor, the base including: a base body formed by performing press processing on a steel plate, a base material; an outer wall part defining an outer edge of the base body and formed by being bent from an end portion of the base body; and at least one weight reducing part formed by removing a predetermined region of the outer wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8397998
    Abstract: A data storage device for use as a portable card, magnetically encodeable card, magnetic credit card or the like is shown. The data storage device includes a substrate having at least one surface. A high density, magnetically coercive material layer is disposed on or is deposited on the substrate for storing magnetic signals. The magnetically coercive material may have an axis of magnetization that is oriented in a predetermined direction relative to the at least one surface of the substrate. A layer of non-magnetically material is disposed on the substrate for defining an exchange break layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: UltraCard, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Mann, Bert C. Cook, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130050870
    Abstract: A spindle motor includes a stationary portion defined by a base portion, a stator core arranged on the side of an upper surface of the base portion, and a coil attached to the stator core. A rotating portion includes a magnet arranged on a radially inner side of the stator core, a first supporting surface which is in contact with a lower surface of a disk, and a disk supporting portion arranged on a radially outer side than the magnet. The stator core includes a ring-shaped core back, and a plurality of teeth. The disk supporting portion is positioned radially outward from a radially inner end portion of the teeth and radially inward from the coil. The radially inner end portion of the teeth, the disk supporting portion, and the coil overlap in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki ISONO
  • Patent number: 8373942
    Abstract: There is provided a base for a motor, the base including: a mounting part having a core mounted therein, the core having a coil wound therearoud in order to generate rotational driving force of a motor; a body part extended from the mounting part in an outer diameter direction; and a first step part formed by depressing a lower surface of the body part facing the core, towards the core, and accommodating a substrate for supplying power to the coil therein and a second step part formed to be spaced apart from the first step part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Il Geun Jeon
  • Publication number: 20130021695
    Abstract: A magnetic disk device including: one or more disk-shaped magnetic disks; a spindle motor; a magnetic head; an arm for supporting the magnetic head; an enclosure base for housing the above components; an adjacent facing surface which lies in the enclosure base adjacent to the magnetic disk; a non-adjacent facing surface which lies in the enclosure opposite the magnetic disk and is further from the magnetic disk than the adjacent facing surface; a connecting surface for connecting the adjacent facing surface and the non-adjacent facing surface; and a groove which extends in the circumferential direction of the magnetic disk on the magnetic disk inner circumferential side of the adjacent facing surface, wherein one end of the groove is exposed at the connecting surface, while the other end has an end face which is perpendicular to the direction of rotation of the magnetic disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Taisuke SUGII, Yoshiyuki HIRONO, Takanori KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8345376
    Abstract: A magnetic disk is provided wherein a non-magnetic substrate, a magnetic layer, a protection layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially stacked. The surface of the lubrication layer has irregular structure patterns along a circumferential direction of the magnetic disk that have circumferential lengths that each correspond to a central angle. The irregular structure patterns may be formed by an adsorption between the lubrication layer and the surface of the protection layer. When a natural frequency of a magnetic head slider used to record to the magnetic disk is f and the magnetic disk rotation speed is R0, the central angle is set so as not to coincide with an angle ?0 expressed by ?0=360 ×(R0/60)/(f×1000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8213110
    Abstract: A baseplate that is configured to be included in a hard disk drive suspension assembly, and a related method for manufacturing the baseplate. The baseplate having a surface that has been coined to reduce any roughness that might have existed in a portion of the surface before the surface was coined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Antony Louis Gomes, Shijin Mei
  • Patent number: 8213111
    Abstract: A hard disk drive includes a base member, a disk which is a data storage medium to rotate at a high speed on the base member, and a head stack assembly (HSA) having a head slider including a magnetic head to write data on the disk or to reproduce data recorded on the disc, and an ABS pattern formed on a disk facing surface of the head slider to generate a lifting force, and is rotatably mounted on the base member so that the head slider moves between inner circumferences and outer circumferences of the disk in a floating state over the disc, wherein if a center line of the ABS pattern is an ABS line and a straight line extending in a direction in which an air flow induced due to the high speed rotation of the disk enters the ABS pattern is an air flow line, a crossing angle between the ABS line and the air flow line is reduced as the head slider moves from the outer circumferences to the inner circumferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Seung-young Yi
  • Publication number: 20120113545
    Abstract: There is provided with a motor, including: a rotating member coupled with a shaft and rotating in connection with the shaft; a stationary member having the shaft inserted therein to support the shaft and having a convex part formed to be protruded from the outside surface thereof; and a wall part protruding from one surface of the rotating member to allow oil to be sealed between the rotating member and the stationary member, and including a concave part having a concave groove formed at a position corresponding to the convex part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin San Kim
  • Publication number: 20120113544
    Abstract: A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes a side gap layer comprising primarily silicon nitride, wherein outer sides of the side gap layer taper away from one another from a leading end of the side gap layer towards a trailing end of the side gap layer; a seed layer above the silicon nitride side gap layer; and a magnetic pole on the seed layer. A method for forming a magnetic head according to one embodiment includes etching a channel in a silicon oxide layer; forming a side gap layer comprising primarily silicon nitride in the channel; forming a seed layer above the side gap layer; plating a pole on the seed layer; and removing the silicon oxide layer by wet etching. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Christian R. Bonhote, Kanaiyalal C. Patel